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Trump Has No Use For Dog Whistles
Donald Trump's brazen racism, in addition to being immoral and appalling, is political malpractice. He is so consumed by racism that he can't contain it. He is blinded by it, and is incapable of rational political decision-making.
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: How Currency Manipulation Costs Us Trade expert Pat Mulloy, in this Burning Issues video, says the Trans-Pacific Partnership does not address a key driver of the job-sapping trade deficits the United States has with some of its trading partners,...
Burning Issues: How Currency Manipulation Costs Us
The Trans-Pacific Partnership does not address a key driver of the job-sapping trade deficits the United States has with some of its trading partners, trade expert Pat Mulloy explains in this Burning Issues video.
Even if Clinton's Already Won, A Vote for Sanders Can Help Defeat Trump
Hillary Clinton asserts she has already won. But even if she is right, a big vote for Bernie Sanders in the upcoming June 7 primaries could help unite progressives and win the general election against Donald Trump.
Muhammad Ali Speaks to the Activist Soul
Ali's occupation was inseparable from his aspirations, his spiritual ideals inseparable from his worldly activities. That's an important lesson for any historical moment, and for this moment more than most.
No Gender Bias in Politics? Not So Fast
A professor's provocative assertion that they found "no evidence whatsoever that voters are biased against female candidates" demands a reality check – and more women running for office regardless of whether bias exists.
Wingnut Week In Review: Rush Limbaugh Is A Big, Dumb Ape
Rush Limbaugh knows less about evolution than the average seventh grader, and now it looks like Limbaugh's own failure to evolve may land him on the endangered list.
Enormous, Humongous April Trade Deficit Helped Cut Hiring
A trade deficit is a measure of the jobs sent out of the country. The April trade deficit was $37.4 billion. The economy only added 38,000 jobs in May while manufacturing lost 10,000 jobs.
Progressive Breakfast
Clinton Turns Up Volume Against Trump Clinton scorches Trump on foreign policy. NYT: "Speaking in a steady, modulated tone but lobbing some of the most fiery lines of her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton painted Mr. Trump as a reckless, childish and uninformed...
May Jobs Report: Ouch!
Startlingly low jobs growth of 38,000 in May, and reductions in previously reported figures for March and April, should warn the Federal Reserve not to raise interest rates. This economy isn't overheating, it's cooling off.
